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Movie Review: Abhay
Starring: Kamal Haasan,
Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Kitu Gidwani, Milind Gunaji, Smita Jayakar,
Navin Nischol
Director: Suresh Krishna
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
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Kamal Haasan is in a double role in this film- one that of
the armyman, Vijay and the other that of the maniacal, Abhay, both being twin brothers.
Tejaswini (Raveena Tandon) is a newscaster and the girl, Vijay |
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is in love with. Tejaswini gets pregnant with Abhay's baby
and the two decide to get married. They go to the asylum to meet Abhay. Abhay, sees his
stepmother (Kitu Gidwani) in Tejaswini and decides to kill her, fearing that she may not
be good for his brother. Abhay has been in the asylum right from the time he was child for
having killed his step-mother. His step-mother was responsible for his mother committing
suicide, his father's (Millind Gunaji) death and his brother being sent to his uncle's
(Vikram Gokhale) house.
Abhay kills a couple of his colleagues in the asylum and finally escapes from |
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there. While, he is on his search for Tejaswini , he meets
Sharmilee (Manisha Koirala), an actress who loves to get high on drugs. Abhay kills her
and thereafter follows Tejaswini to kill her. He reaches their |
ancestral home while following Tejaswini and Vijay and
realises that is the place where he had killed his step mother. But in the climax realises
that Tejaswini is not his step-mother . He ends up killing himself.
Abhay is yet another creation by Kamal Haasan. Unfortunately, the film is not as per
expectation. It is a total let down compared to his earlier films like Nayakan, Mayor
Saheb, Appu Raja and Hindustani. The script is bad and |
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the direction extremely poor. There are a few interesting parts like the use of
animated characters and some mind blowing techniques but that alone isn't enough to
impress. The sequences appear loud and |
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dragging making the viewer run out of patience. The
seriousness of the film is marred due to the excessive use of cartoons. The film's saving
graces are the excellent cinematography (Thirru) and the stunning visual effects (George
Merkert, Scott, Ian Johnson and Krishnakant Mishra). Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is
average and there is not a single number that would catch the audience's attention.
Performance-wise, Kamal Haasan is the best in the role of Abhay. Raveena and Manisha look |
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gorgeous but are wasted in very insignificant
roles. Milind Gunaji and Kitu Gidwani are OK.
Overall, the film has nothing much to offer.
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